Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard makes a blocker save deflecting the puck into the corner during a game against Edmonton earlier this month. (Dave Reginek/NHLI via Getty Images) 

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Gail Devers shows off her fingernails before a 2001 race in Edmonton. (AFP Photo)

GALLERY: Best Fingernails in Sports

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Today is Wayne Gretzky’s 51st birthday. In this 1981 photo, Gretzky poses in his Edmonton home with sticks, helmet, equipment, and other products he endorses. (Paul Kennedy/SI)

GALLERY: Rare Photos of Wayne Gretzky
SI VAULT: Gretzky, 17, tearing up Edmonton (12.11.78)

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